cities

PLACES

After fighting off invaders for nearly 1,000 years, Constantinople finally fell because someone accidentally left a gate open.

PLACES

During a food shortage in WWI, an army supply ship docked in Amsterdam and had to fight off men and women looting the supplies.

PLACES

In the heart of Prague’s Old Town, you’ll find a church proudly displaying a withered black arm dangling by a meat hook. The rotten limb is estimated to be about 400 years old—and its origin story is deeply disturbing.

PLACES

During the occupation of Greece, Grand Rabbi Elias Barzilai was ordered to submit a list of names and addresses of Jews living in Athens. But in a great act of defiance—he did the unthinkable.

PLACES

New York City is one of the most iconic places on earth—but the city that never sleeps still has its fair share of chilling secrets.

EXPERIENCE

There's nothing like the thrill of venturing into an abandoned building—but these explorers found more than they'd bargained for.



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